UNB Police recovered the body of a teenage boy hanging from a tree of at Shamukhdum Eid ground in the city on Friday morning. Police said being informed by locals, they recovered the body of Riajul Islam, 15, a resident of Sorinkhola area of Bagerhat district, at 10 am. The body was sent to Rajshahi…
UNB Members of Coast Guard in a drive seized 200 maunds of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 inches long) from Taltoli river near Taltori Bazar in Sadar upazila early Friday. Tipped off, a team of Coast Guard conducted a drive on the bank of the river and seized jatka loaded in 52 drums, said…
UNB A young man was beaten to death by an angry mob over theft charges at Dherera village of Chandina upazila early Friday. Rasul Ahmed Nizami, officer-in-charge of Chandina Police Station, said on information, police recovered the body of Shah Alam, 25, son of Shahid Ullah of the village.
AP, Fresno A California college student who went on a stabbing rampage that wounded four people before he was shot down by a campus police officer was inspired by the Islamic State group but acted alone, the FBI said. Faisal Mohammad, 18, appears to have become self-radicalized, drawing motivation from terrorist propaganda that he found…
AP, Cairo The United States, Europe and United Nations have all pinned their hopes for resolving Libya’s chaos and blocking the Islamic State group’s growth there on a newly announced unity government. The problem is: It’s not clear how the government can actually get into the country. The unity government, brokered by the U.N. and…
AP, Beirut With Syria’s shaky cease-fire holding, peaceful protesters have yet again taken to the streets in opposition-held areas of the country. But this time, in addition to President Bashar Assad’s government, they have another despised authority they seek to topple — al-Qaida’s affiliate in the country, the oppressive Nusra Front. The developments have raised…
UNB, Sylhet An officer-in-charge of Airport Police Station in the city was closed to the Police Line on Thursday night. Gausul Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Airport Police Station, said OC (investigation) Nurul Alam was closed over an allegation raised in a report of the assistant commissioner of the police station Nizam Uddin. The specific allegation…
UNB, Bagerhat The Election Commission (EC) has ordered withdrawal of the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Chitalmari over the allegations of irregularities and partiality in the upcoming Union Parishad (UP) election. District election officer Md Ruhul Amin Mollick on Friday told reporters that he had received a letter from the EC in this connection. The…
UNB, Madaripur Two buses were damaged in separate incidents of fire at the Kawrakandi Ferry Terminal in Shibchar upazila from Thursday night to Friday morning. However, the reasons behind either fire could not be known immediately. Locals said a bus of ‘BMF Paribahan’ caught fire around 10am Yesterday.
Desk Report Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused Khaleda Zia of having turned Bangladesh into a terrorist nation during her regime. She made such comments during a discussion meeting organized to celebrate the National Children’s Day and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birthday on Thursday, March 17. The meeting took place at the Bangabandhu International Conference…